Outcome and Predictors of In-hospital 6-week Mortality associated with Invasive Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) versus Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Infection

Background: Staphylococcus aureus (SA) infections are common and important within the hospital environment. The case fatality rate of invasive Staphylococcus aureus (SA) infections is between 20-40%. Whether the infection is due to methicillin resistant SA (MRSA) or methicillin sensitive SA (MSSA)...

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Main Author: Ofner, Marianne
Other Authors: Streiner, David
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35918